Scamander family
Family heritage
Blood status	Pure-blood or Half-blood
Notable family members	Newton Scamander Rolf Scamander Lorcan Scamander Lysander Scamander
Status	Extant in male line
Relationships
Related families	Lovegood family
Affiliation
House(s)	Hufflepuff[1]
Loyalty	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Magizoology

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Scamander is the surname of a wizarding family. Many of its members have worked as magizoologists. They are related to the Lovegood family.

Known Family Members

• Lorcan Scamander — son of Rolf and Luna
• Lysander Scamander — son of Rolf and Luna
• Luna Scamander née Lovegood — wife of Rolf, member of Dumbledore's Army and a wizarding naturalist
• Mrs. Scamander — a breeder of fancy Hippogriffs
• Newton Scamander — a famous magizoologist who used to work for the Ministry of Magic
• Porpentina Scamander — Newton's wife
• Rolf Scamander — grandson of Newton and Porpentina, and a magizoologist

Family Tree

  Mr. Scamander-----Mrs. Scamander
                 |
                 |
         Newton Scamander-----Porpentina Scamander
         (1897—1991/1992)  |
                           |
                       Scamander      Lovegood family
                           |                 |
                           |                 |
                    Rolf Scamander-----Luna Lovegood
                                    |    (b. 1981)
                                    |
                          ----------------------------------------
                          |                                      | 

                   Lorcan Scamander    Lysander Scamander

Etymology

In Greek mythology, Scamander was a river god who fought for Troy during the Trojan War. He was also considered a personification of the Scamander River, along the lower plains of which the battles of the Trojan War were fought, according to The Iliad. The river is now called Karamenderes and flows through the Turkish province of Çanakkale. It is also the name of a town and a river in Tasmania.

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